Q: Is 8,772,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,772,960 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 8,772,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 49 56 60 70 80 84 96 98 105 112 120 140 147 160 168 196 210 224 240 245 280 294 336 373 392 420 480 490 560 588 672 735 746 784 840 980 1,119 1,120 1,176 1,470 1,492 1,568 1,680 1,865 1,960 2,238 2,352 2,611 2,940 2,984 3,360 3,730 3,920 4,476 4,704 5,222 5,595 5,880 5,968 7,460 7,833 7,840 8,952 10,444 11,190 11,760 11,936 13,055 14,920 15,666 17,904 18,277 20,888 22,380 23,520 26,110 29,840 31,332 35,808 36,554 39,165 41,776 44,760 52,220 54,831 59,680 62,664 73,108 78,330 83,552 89,520 91,385 104,440 109,662 125,328 146,216 156,660 179,040 182,770 208,880 219,324 250,656 274,155 292,432 313,320 365,540 417,760 438,648 548,310 584,864 626,640 731,080 877,296 1,096,620 1,253,280 1,462,160 1,754,592 2,193,240 2,924,320 4,386,480 and 8,772,960, with no remainder.

Since 8,772,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,772,960, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).